The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1887-07-21

THURspAY. July q, 1887 |
An Augusta, Ga, paper raises the names
of Grover Cleveland and Gen. John B.
Gordon as the Democratic ticket in 1SSS.
The last of the Republican presidential
post masters in Virginia has been re-
moved. On the 10Th, the President re-
moved Mr.. Lindsey, postmaster at Ports
mouth. Va, and appointed Mr.. w. A
Fiske.
The jury in the trial of J. Speed Thomp-
SON, charged with killing Ebert Fowler,
at Hinton, w. Va, in March, 1885, re-
turned verdict of not guilty. i'll the
second trial of the case, at Lewisburg, last
week.
Mr.. John M. White. cashier of the
Philadelphia Times, is a defaulter to the
amount of $50 900. The pilferings have
been going on for ten years. Mr.. ID. b.
Wagyoner, until recently cashier of the
PHILADELPHIA Nelcs. is also a defaulter to
the amount OF $1,000.
Hon. A. G. Thurman has writ ten an
other letter In which he positively states
he would net accept the Democratic nomi-
nation for Governor of Ohio, if rendered
him. His health is such as to utterly pre-
clude his acce ptance. 1t is stated. how
ever, that he will be nominated anyhow
ExGov. A. r. Shepherd, after an abb
sence of seven years in Mexico, returned
to Washington last week on visit. The
proper thing for the people of that city to
do would be to erect an imposing monu
ment to Mr. Shepherd, because of the ben
eft he has been to the capital OF the Ma
ton.
Senator Colquit, of Georgia, in an
address before the Woman's Christian
Temperance Union. at Lake Bluff, liz
nois. on the 10th, said: 'In the twelve
Southern States. there were fewer saloons
to the population than in any other dozel
states. not excepting Maine and Kansas
Local option had been adopted IN Georgi;
and Alabama, and prohibition was sue
cess everywhere
The Sunday School Convention OF th
Baltimore Conference M. E. Church South
at Winchester, last week was attended b
hundred and seventy delegates. In
annual report of President ]. I. Magrude
showed that since the organization of lib
Sunday School Convention. i'll 1876. ther
has been an increase of %, 900 in the men
bsrship of the schools; increase in til
membership of the church, GO,O0o.
At the election last spring in Primo
George county, Levi Youngblood, Rep nj
Iican, was elecled by five majority over W
D. Temple, Democrat. The Democratl
committee threw out one precinct whic
gave Temple majority of 40. \ oune
blood appealed to the courts, and las
week the case was decided in his favor an
the certificate of election issued to him.
We have received the first volume of I'll
"Transactions of the Wagner Free Inst
tute of Science of Philadelphia. pull
lished under the direction of the Facut,
May, 1887. The number before us is d
voted to explorations on the west coast c
Florida and in the Okeechobee wilderness
with special reference to the geology al
zoology of the Florida Peninsula. by A
gelo Heilprin, professor of geology i'll II
Wagner Institute.
The efforts of the Democratic papers
hold the pension agents responsible *
the Grand Army protest against M
Cleveland s presence at the encampmel
of that organization in st. Louis, in Sept
are dismal failure. They only demo
strate that the apologists of the Presldel
know that he has made a blunder. and a
working to divert attention from 1T
abuse of pension agents. This is too a
parent to need further comment. The lie
the ''organs" have to say about the matt
the better for them and the President.
The Alexandria Gazette, is engaged
the delectable past time of eating cro'
After bitterly inyeighing against the Pre-!
dent and arraigning him as false to u
mocracy, claiming that he ought not to
re.nominated, and if nominated could n
be re- elected. now IS swallowing all tn
it said. 1t offers as an excuse that M
Cleveland has invoked the wrath of tt
North because of his illegal order to su
render the Confederate flags to the ''Co
federate States'' which have no eXistent
and takes Mr.. Eustace Gibson as its mod
of consistency.
Mr. John l.. Lee, present Comma
wealth's Attorney of Amherst count
and Col. C.. b. Christian, who former
held the same position, were arrested {
the 18th on suspicion of being about
engage in duel. growing out OF certa
personalities in the late canvass. Colon
Christian was sent on to the grand Jury.t
sending challenge which Mr. Lee declIn
to accept. On the same day two voul
men of Norfolk, Roger A. Pryor, Lepht
of Gen. Roger A. Pryor. and Mr.. Rec
were arrested in Norfolk. charged wit
intending to fight "a duel. The challen
came from Pryor. The weather is most +
hot for that kind of sport.
1t having been suggested that the IT
cent interview AS published in the Bal
more Herald with Jefferson Davis, W
not genuine. the Herald replies that t
entire narrative is in the language OF M
Davis, that he corrected the manuscri
with his own hand, after the paper hi
been carefully read, and gave it his fl
apprOval and endorsement and furtht
that the manuscript. as so enterlined
Mr.. DAVIS, in his own Handwriting, is
the possession of the Herald office. Th
ought to settle it. Well, it was a We
foolish interview, so far as Mr.. Davis
concerned. at the same time it is credit
BILE to the enterprise OF the Herald.
The people of Rhode Island first adopts
prOhibitory amendment to the constit
ton, and then elected a Democratic LIE
islature and Governor to enforce it. Th
was setting the fox to watch the gees
and the result is what might have bet
expected. The legislature at the rece
session sought out ways to defeat Il
intention of the law. The autholitit
admit that in Providence the law has n
been enforced, that there las even bet